[Athen] Textbook Scanner Recommendations

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It occurred to me, Cathy, another thing you might check it whether not you
guys have updated to windows 11 because the canon software stopped working
with that upgrade. I also have a canon printer/scanner, and had to download
an updated driver package that sort of works with windows 11. My hunch is
that it’s a software problem, perhaps complicated by another equipment
problem.

Just a hunch, and not much help :-)

Wink Harner
Assistive Technology Consulting and Training
Alternative Text Production
Portland OR.

foreigntype at gmail.com


On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 12:28 PM Cathy Sidor <csidor at umich.edu> wrote:


> Hello Everyone,

>

> I hope you are all staying warm! I am reaching out in hopes some of you

> may have recommendations regarding scanners and software to provide

> alternative formats for textbooks. We first try to find the books in

> Accesstext, Bookshare and direct outreach to publishers for accessible

> files. However, in some instances we have had to send the books out to have

> the spine of a book cut off in order to scan the book files to remediate

> them.

>

> Our Canon DR-9050C scanner that we used with Capture Perfect software has

> died and we are looking for replacement options for a high speed duplex

> scanner. We do have Omnipage Ultimate software to create word files to make

> them accessible from our scans. I have read a little that overhead scanners

> may be better than having to send the book out to be cut, scanned then

> rebound.

>

> Any and all information on the models and software your office may use to

> scan textbooks is appreciated.

> Thank you,

> Cathy

>

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